Beetles (Coleoptera) new for the fauna of the Białowieża Forest including a species new for Poland

Authors

• Radosław Plewa Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
• Tomasz Jaworski
• Grzegorz Tarwacki Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
• Krzysztof Sućko Department of Natural Forests, Forest Research Institute, Białowieża, Park Dyrekcyjny 6, Białowieża 17-230, Poland
• Szymon Konwerski Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań
• Roman Królik Ligota Zamecka 56A, 46-200 Kluczbork
• Andrzej Lasoń Wiejska 4B/85, 15-352 Białystok
• Andrzej Melke Św. Stanisława 11/5, 62-800 Kalisz
• Marek Przewoźny Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań
• Rafał Ruta Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław
• Henryk Szołtys Park 9, 42-690 Brynek
• Jacek Hilszczański Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84086

Abstract

The paper presents new data on the occurrence of 69 beetle species collected in 2017 in the Białowieża Forest, NE Poland. The list contains representatives of 27 families: Anthribidae, Bostrichidae, Ciidae, Cleridae, Coccinellidae, Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Curculionidae, Dasytidae, Elateridae, Endomychidae, Eucnemidae, Histeridae, Laemophloeidae, Latridiidae, Leiodidae, Lycidae, Melandryidae, Mycetophagidae, Ptinidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Staphylinidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Throscidae, and Zopheridae. The majority of the species represents saproxylic, i.e. dead wood-dependent, beetles. Biology and distribution of some rarely recorded species are briefly discussed. All species are reported for the first time from the Białowieża Forest and, furthermore, Corticaria crenicollis Mannerheim, 1844 (Latridiidae) is new for the fauna of Poland.